Quicklook Report Coral Spawning 2025: Activities and Observations

Bright, A.J.; Williams, D.E.; Grazioso, K.N.; Ippolito, S.; Rodriguez-Ruano, V.; Studivan, M.S.; Rossin, A.; Murphy, C.; Ladd, M.C.

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Quicklook Report Coral Spawning 2025: Activities and Observations

2025
By Bright, A.J. ; Williams, D.E. ; Grazioso, K.N. ; ...

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Bright, A.J. ; Williams, D.E. ; Grazioso, K.N. ; Ippolito, S. ; Rodriguez-Ruano, V. ; Studivan, M.S. ; Rossin, A. ; Murphy, C. ; Ladd, M.C.
Corporate Authors:

Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.) ; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
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The Coral Research and Assessment Lab (CoRAL) at NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center has monitored coral spawning patterns and collected gametes from the ESA-listed species Acropora palmata and Orbicella faveolata in the upper Florida Keys since 2000. Following field monitoring and spawn collection, gametes are fertilized on site and transported to the CoRAL wet lab facility located at the University of Miami’s Experimental Hatchery in Miami, Florida where the larvae are reared and settled for grow-out and use in future research and restoration projects. Spawning observations and gamete collections were made for seven coral species in 2025: Diploria labyrinthiformis (DLAB) in April and May, Acropora palmata (APAL), Orbicella faveolata (OFAV), and Eusmilia fastigiata (EFAS) in August, Montastraea cavernosa (MCAV) in August and September, and Pseudodiploria strigosa (PSTR) and Colpophyllia natans (CNAT) in September.
Keywords:

Corals Fishery Research Stations Observations Spawning Fishery Research Stations
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/ww4r-t869
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pdf
CoRIS Project ID:

CRCP Project ID ; 1091
Document Type:

Non-series Report
Place as Subject:

Florida Keys (Fla.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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